God emperor
God-Emperor or God Emperor may refer to:
Historical
- Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, a group of mythological rulers or deities in ancient northern China said to be god emperors
- Sapa Inca, the Emperor of the Inca Empire, viewed as a god
- An emperor worshipped as a deity by an imperial cult
- Imperial cult (ancient Rome) identified emperors with divinely sanctioned authority
- Emperor Jimmu, first Emperor of Japan according to legend
- Emperor of Japan, called TennÅ, "heavenly sovereign"
Modern popular culture
- Leto II Atreides, the title character in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel God Emperor of Dune (1981)
- The God-Emperor of Mankind, in the fictional Imperium (Warhammer 40,000)
- The Emperor, the godlike character in Andreas Eschbach's The Carpet Makers (2005)
- God Emperor Doom, from Marvel's Secret Wars (2015 comic book)
- God-Emperor Jal-Nish Hlar, character in The Song of the Tears novel trilogy by Ian Irvine
- God-Emperor, character in The Last Remnant role-playing video game
See also
- God king, a term for a deified ruler
- Christ Pantocrator, a specific depiction of Christ
- Caesaropapism, the idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power
- List of people who have been considered deities
- Sacred king
- Divine right of kings
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